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Feb. 27, 1923.

H. TUECKMANTEL` BAG FRAME.

FILED SEPT. 2, 1920.

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Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

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HUGO TUECMANTEL,.,OE I EY'INGTOMNEW JERSEY, AssreNOn To THE E. NEUMANN lHARDWARE co., A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

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,im ai: im .rm-fm n1-fr v (y Application led September 2, 1920. SerialNo. 407,703.

f L1" ,i "i 21' fullleae, .and exact, invention. wh as, .Will eiil'eklled the' it '150 whelf'itappetains tofiinjake and use .the Seme.,referene.- beine. had. t0 the i eeoinpanying .drawings', eindjeCharaeteie of re'fereeelfnrkfed thereon,4` whieh form; e pt ,of thS SPt,This .nvtOl relates, "ghelly, t0 proveinent's"` in traineeyforpltravelling beige, and the like# edithwf invention .has i'ef'il @href netti@ 1 .erbe` t; @nevel oonstruetion` of; ba`g rame, Comprising apairof pivot'allj'f onneoitedor hinged frame,

jat this time more kpartieularly, enumerated sections, one ofr'v'vliife`h"andwhich ie' termed the ,"outef' flame-Settim, being @gfgreater width than'the other trame eneetijrnl which is` termed theinnenframeee'etin, IandA is NOME has beefffould' in prettige," f0-provide the outer frame-seetionwith lockmeohanism of Considerablestrength, requir` ing a sub'stantlilly'flargelloeliV easing, lhatth`e'"width"aerosethenpper Inenibe'i'- of the inner ranie-seetion isSueli, tliat'when the traine,-eetion Iare elo/sed, the in'ai'ginal ledgel,

0f the infiel# frame-genion; weer@ strike' the large: look-easing andrpreventthe- Complete A l ,Y l

trai portion of -a bag-fran1e, with .the inner ori cutaway edgeipftoniof andto strengthen the saidk frame-section at snh (mt-avvtay portion,the vertical member of 'the,innelirarneseetion is strengthened by 2re-enforping Iplate. which is., suitably seeuredr to the said verticalmember, the

,said refenforcing plate being provided with a haeplug or lugs, adaptedtO 4enter the `l'oelij-feaSingand engage the look-mechanism containedinthe said e'aSing. y The ypresent invention, therefore, has foritslprinip'al object to provide a simply con- Strneted'bag-fraine, thefranieSeetOns thereof being, Iliade sov that the purposeshereinabovestated are fully Carried out,l and, furthermore that a bag--framehavingalock of large proportion will beY provided, and thetrain(3i-sections,V `of lwhich an be, properly eloeedso asV to provide abag-frame' of neat appearane.v Y ,p A,

Other objects: o ithe present invention not will bekvelearly` understoodfrom the following `detailed description of the present inventioni iththe various Objects.' ofthe present invention ,in4 view, the saidinvention coneists, prixnrily,.in ,they vnovel bag-frame,

*comprising a pair of frame-sections of the general' Characterhereinafter more fully set torthyalld. the said invention Consists,furthermore, inthe novel arrangements and oornbinatlionspotthe variousdevices and p'artspae Vwell as in the details of the ,eonvstruction ofthe said2 parte, all of which will be morel fully described ,iny thefollowing speeiioation`,` kand ,thenvinally embodied in the clausesv ofthe olainis ,I which are appended to and whichl Jform an essential partof the said specieation. y n

The invention is lillustrated in the accompafnving drawings, in whichFigure l iS. atop or vplan view of the cenirameeeotion elo'sed withinthe outer Aframe- Seetion', FigureV 2 is abottom view of the saidfragmentary portionsA of thetWoy frame- Sections represented in theirclosed relation; and Figure 3 is a topor plan view of the saidtragrnen'tary portions ofthe frame-seotins, y represented in "theirvunlocked and Figuren 1S adelante@ view'ofthe inner face ofthe-jenerfffameiseetion,fshewing one ,Y

plate and its hasp-lugs to said frame-section; and Figure 5 is atransverse vertical section oit the two trame-sections, said sectionbeing talren on line 5 5 in Figure 1, looking in the direction of thearrow X,

with the lock-casing represented in end ele-l ration.

Similar characters of reterence are employed in the said above describedviews,

posed key-post receiving opening, as 7, into and through which thekey-post 8 of the lock-mechanism extends. The said key-post 8 isconnected with and extends from asuitably termed lock-box or casing 9,which is provided at its ends with the usual `box-eirtensions 10, eachextension `having a perforated lug or ear 11 for the reception of rivets12 Yfor securing the lock -box or casing against the vertical member lof the outer frame-section `1. That the said lock-boi; or casing 9 maybe properly centeredbeneath the topmember 3 'of the frame-section 1,`washers 13 ot' suitable thickness may be mounted upon the rivets 12between the lugs or ears 11 and the Vertical member i of theframe-section 1, substantially in the manner illustrated in Figures 2and 5 of the drawings. A

That the inner` frame-section 2 may be properly and neatly disposedwithin the outer frame-sectionl, when the two tramesections are in theirclosed relation. the central portion of the marginal edge 14 of thetop-member 5 of the` said inner frame-section Q, is suiiiciently cutaway soA as to provide a marginal recess, as 1.5, which is adapted toembrace the side-tace and the ends ol the lock-box or casing 9. andthereby acts as a stop, substantially as `shown in said Figures 9 and 5,and whereby the two framesections, when closed. are brought iutoperfeetregistration with. one another, so that the closed inner frame-"section2 `will not eX- tend beyond the marginal edge* 160i" the topmember ofthe frame-section 1, and, turthermore. that any distorted relation ofthe two closed trame-sections lcan not occur. Since this recessed orcut-away portion 15 in the top-member 5 voi" the inner frame-sectionmight possibly weaken said frame-section, l have secured, by means ofrivets 17, or in any suitable manner, to the inner face oi' the verticalmember 6 of said trame-section 2, and at a point in alinement with saidrecess or cut-away portion 15, a strengthening Vplate 18 which is.provided along its lower marginal 'edge with a recnorcing rib orright-angled member, as 19, said member 19 being fitted directly uponthe marginal edge-portion 2O of the said vertical member 6, in a manneras clearly illustrated in Figures 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings. n additionvto this re-'enforcing rib 19, tie said plate 18 is also provided withsuitably dicposed hasp-lugs or ears, as 21, which, when the innertrame-section 2 enters into closing relation with the outertrame-section 1, enter suitably disposed openings in the side or" thelock-box or casing 9, tor locking engagement with the lock-mechanismwithin said box or casing 9in any'usual and well-known manner.

lI-laving in the foregoing speciiication described the generalconstructions of the pivotedv or hinged :trame-sections for travellingbags and the like, and in connection therewith the general arrangementof the baglock and re-entorcing hasp-plate, any i'urther description ofthe said various devices and their parts'is deemed unnecessary.

,0f course l am aware, that some changes may be made in the generalarrangements and combinations of the said various devices and parts, aswell as in the details of the` construction of the same, withoutdeparting from the seopemoic the present invention asset 'forth in theforegoing specification, and as defined in the clauses of the claimswhich are appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my present inventionto the exact arrangements and combinations of the saiddevices and partsas described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself to theexact details of the construction of the said parts, asillustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

I claim z- A1. A bag-frame comprising an outer and aninneri'rame-section, each traine-section having a top-member and avertical sidemember, the top-member ot the outer iframesection being ofgreater width than the topmember of the inner frame-section, and abag-lock comprising a bof; secured to the vertical side-member oi2 saidouter framesection, the top-member of said inner tramesection having amarginal cut-away portion adapted to embrace? said box to thereby act asa stop when the frame-sections are in their'closed relation, combinedwith a reentorcing hasp-lug plate secured to the inner tace of thevertical vside-member of said inner' frame-section in alinementwith thecut-away portion inthe top-member of said inner VJframe-section',and-amarginal rib eX- tending from said plate, said rib being located. upon aportion of the marginal edge of the vertical nien'iber of saidinnertranie-v Section. n

2. A frame-section for bag-frames 'con1- prising a top-member and avertical side rneniber`r said4 top-member being` provided with amarginal, locinbox receiving eut-away portion7 a re-enforoing hasp-lugplate secured to the inner face of the vertical sidemember of saidtraine-section in alinennentV with the Cut-away portion in the top-mem-ybery of said frame-section, and a marginal rib extending from saidplate, said rib being looatedrupon a portion of the marginal i5 this31st day of August, 1920.

HUGO TUECKMANTEL. ,e Witnesses:

GEORGE D. RICHARDS, BARBARA W. SITTERLIN.

